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echo: suprafax
to: DERREK KAISER
from: JOHN ALDRICH
date: 1998-02-04 06:02:00
subject: Shotgun Technology?

Hello DERREK!
Monday February 02 1998 22:54, DERREK KAISER wrote to PHIL HEBERER:
 DK> I thought Shotgun Technology used two 56k Modems and it had a smart
 DK> feature to where if one modem got call waiting beep it would hang-up and
 DK> keep the conection live on the other modem and as soon as you where done
 DK> with you phone call (you could still be surfing with the other modem at
 DK> the same time) and you hung up, the other modem would re-connect itself?
 ->> I'm sure the tech folks will give you a more detailed explanation, but
 ->> in a nutshell, shotgun technology uses one modem but two phone lines.
 ->> In essence, doubling the speed by sending twice the data. You would
 ->> indeed need a similar modem at the other end to utilize this feature
 ->> though.
I think you may BOTH be right...basically two 56k modems built onto one 
card...I haven't heard much about it though...
        John
... We are born naked, wet, and hungry; then things get worse.
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